Colorbar Just Earth Blush Review, Photos & Swatches

This is especially for Poornima & Ki, who wanted to see swatches of Just Earth

Colorbar's Just Earth is an earthy deep peach shade with brown undertones, which would match both warm and cool skin tones.  

It is, in my opinion, a universally flattering blush shade and also one of the best 'budget buys' for only Rs.250.

Like I said in my July Favorites post, the finish is very similar to the MAC Sheertone blushes.

It comes packed in a grey compact case with a soft brush and mirror

Swatches

Rating ~ ♥♥♥♥♥ 5/5 (Quality, Packaging, Price, Shade)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Friends, Babies & The Bodycon Dress

With the birthday girl Giselle, my latest CRUSH!

I attended my closest friends' niece's 1st birthday a few days back and couldn't help a wee bit of cam wh**ing ;).

Sorry about the quality of the photos. Didn't realize the settings were changed to 3 megapixel instead of 5.

Friends

With my childhood friend Careen. Isn't her dress pretty?!

My Outfit:

Black Bodycon Dress ~ Forever New

Lacy under-tube top ~ Glory's Plaza, a mall in Shillong which sells stuff mostly from Bangkok & Nepal.

Black Leather Belt ~ Street for only Rs.150 :). BAD quality! It almost broke after only 2-3 times (Super glue to the rescue since I didn't bring another black belt :D)

Shoes ~ Vincci

Diamante Hoop Earrings ~ Miss Jo (It's an accessories store in Delhi, not a woman as assumed by some who emailed me about those umbrellas :D )

The lighting is so off in this photo, but for the make-up I stuck to simple smoky eyes with  MAC Satin Taupe, a shimmery off-white eyeshadow and black eyeshadow from the NYX Supermodel palette, Revlon Beyond Natural falsies, MUFE HD Foundation, Mixed Maybelline Dream Matte Powder & MAC Prep+Prime Transparent Powder, MAC Pink Swoon Blush. Applied the In2it Pink Alarm Lipstick

I wish I was young enough to say 'Toodles' like some of the PYT's over here. I can't even bring myself to say  that word :D

So I'll stick to 'Bye & have a happy weekend'  :)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

High on Colorbar's Apple Martini

The hottest Colorbar nail color of the season is the Apple Martini #06. 

A few weeks back, I was browsing Colorbar nail lacquers at a store in Gk M-block market, and a salesgirl showed me the new shades that Colorbar just launched at the time. She showed me 5 (orange, yellow, light blue, purple, pink)  and told me "one shade is sold out" 

Me ~ Aacha? What color is it??? *thinking sold out means ''must-have!"*

She ~ Green. Bahut soondar color hai (very pretty color)

Me ~ Don't you have a tester or something???? *I must see it nowww!*

She ~ Oh....ek minute

She called another salesgirl and told her to show me her nails.

Weird-looking nails. LOVELY nail color =D

Me ~ *pouting* 

End of story.

Another story with a happy ending is one week later, I got it from the Colorbar stand-alone store in Select City Walk ;)

It was tough to capture the true color of this gorgeous shade, so I had to adjust the lighting. I don't know why the green just didn't come out on camera.

I'd call it an emerald color if it didn't have a fancy name like 'Apple Martini'

Price ~ Rs.190? 195? (forgot)

Hope you're all doing good. Have a fun week....and stay pretty!

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

Sheer Cover Minerals Photos

This is for all those who've asked me what I think about Sheer Cover. This is my friend's and I have not used it personally, but she does like it a lot. And I must admit, I was quite impressed with the packaging and all the extra free stuff that came along with it, including a compact lipgloss/eyeshadow palette, small kabuki brush in a black satin pouch, etc.

Sheer Cover is quite *hot* in my hometown. Women order it and impatiently wait for its arrival! =D


What people I know who use it have to say about it:

• "It gives a natural look"
• "It covers all dark spots and patches"
• Everything is *sooo* cute! :)

The following photos are of Sheer Cover ~ Medium

Lakme Pure Rouge Blusher ~ Peach Affair Photos & Swatch

Description :

Pure Rouge is a pure pressed powder blusher that provides sheer, lightweight application. Color builds lightly layer after layer without heavy coverage.

The natural shades delicately highlight the apples of your cheeks and add a warm glow to your complexion.

Peach Affair is a reddish peach shade with tiny gold flecks. It would suit darker skin tones more, in my opinion. But it would look fine on lighter skin tones too if applied sparingly.

Other shades available :

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

July Favorites ~ Featuring Colorbar, MAC, NYX, Marc Jacobs, Body Shop etc

I am loving so many things right now. These are just a few of my favorite things. Must-have products and worth every penny!

Marc Jacobs Daisy (RM.213.00)

Marc Jacobs Daisy is THE perfume for the girly girl. I just couldn't leave it behind when I left Delhi. If you tend to get motion sickness while travelling and strong perfumes make you feel nauseous, this is the one for you coz the fragrance is so soft & subtle. Plus the bottle design is beyond cuteness, would you really care how it smells? ;)

Guest Swatch ~ Avon Simply Pretty 'Cherry Red'

I fell in love with Avon Simply Pretty 'Cherry Red' when I saw my friend Careen wearing it, so I had to click a pic to post it here. It is so GORGEOUS! I'm gonna order one for myself ;)

In the pic above,  it's without a top coat, which I think would make it look even more pretty.

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

New Talent To Take Centre Stage At Lakme Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2010 - Press Release & Pictures

Mumbai, July 22, 2010: Lakmé Fashion week (LFW), in its 11^th year of extraordinary contribution to the Business of fashion, once again invited new and aspiring models to showcase their very best at the Winter / Festive female model auditions at the Grand Hyatt, Mumbai.

The model auditions serve as a remarkable platform to launch new and untapped young talent. The initiative is an integral part of LFW’s commitment to continuously provide a foundation for new and emerging talent. This season saw 63 talented Indian and international female models turn up to the LFW Winter / Festive 2010 audition. After 2 rounds of short listing by fashion industry experts, 4 models – Anjali Raut, Anuradha Nayudu, Marcela Rodrigues and Reyna Leyva were selected.

LFW model selected - Anuradha Nayudu, Anjali Raut, Rayna Levya and Marcela Rodrigues

Good News =D & New Hairstyle

Hey everyone,


First of all, I'm sorry for not updating lately. Took a while to get my internet connection reactivated (I'm in my hometown btw) and now it's quite slow. I will try to post everyday from now on. I'll be here for a month, so I'm planning to do different kinds of posts & some videos (editing one right now)


On to the good news.....


I won the 2nd place in the 'Make Up For Ever ~ Rouge is Art Contest'  *jumping up and down* =D


I was pleasantly surprised by this email from them today......

 ♥ I love Make Up For Ever!!! ♥

;)

Thank You to all of you who wished me luck, commented &'liked' my photo in the MUFE Facebook Fanpage. I really really appreciate it.


Click here if you haven't seen the the photo that won me 10 Rouge Artist Lipsticks hehe...


My new hairstyle....

See you again soon! Muah! :*)

♥ Cynthia Z ^.^

New Bourjois Launches India

If you love Bourjois, you gotta love it even more for not taking *too* long to launch their nouveau products in India.

Here are the products that Bourjois will be launching very very soon. And yes, I want them all, so I am VERY excited!

Sweet Kiss Naturel Lipsticks

They will be priced at Rs.600 each

Swatches ~ Maybelline Color Sensational Lipcolor. LAUNCHED. Finally!

Maybelline launched the Color Sensational Lipcolors in India finally, and I'm less mad at them now =)

They are so affordable too at Rs.299.

They smell sweet like caramel.

The packaging looks similar to the Bourjois Sweet Kiss Lipsticks, except the Color Sensationals come in different colored ones~ Pink, Red, Purple, Brown

WANT! Mariah Carey Lollipop Bling

Lollipop Bling ~ Ribbon

Ribbon is a mouthwatering floral fruity fragrance inspired by the flavor of the Blue Raspberry Ring Pop Combined with a beautiful floral bouquet

~ ♥ ~

The Hottest Nail Colors & A Few Dupes in India

I am on a 'Dupes' hunting spree these days. So, when Instyle listed the 15 HOTTEST Nail Colors a few weeks ago, I took printouts of all the nail polishes and went looking for dupes, ignoring the puzzled stares of shopkeepers =D

I couldn't find dupes for all of them in one market though.

Nails inc ~ Eden Grove

Isn't that a cute bottle?! And such an unusual nail polish shade. No dupe found. Yet.

Deborah Lippmann ~ Between the Sheets

There is a similar shade in Chambor, in a teeny tiny bottle